Masquerading Politics : Kinship, Gender, and Ethnicity in a Yoruba Town /

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In West Africa, especially among Yoruba people, masquerades have the power to kill enemies, appoint kings, and grant fertility. John Thabiti Willis takes a close look at masquerade traditions in the Yoruba town of Otta, exploring transformations in performers, performances, and the institutional str...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Willis, John Thabiti, 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Yoruba (African people) > Rites and ceremonies.
Yoruba (African people) > Politics and government.
Yoruba (African people)
Masquerades.
Masks, Yoruba.
Gelede (Yoruba rite)
Egúngún (Cult)
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Science / Sociology.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / General.
Yoruba (Peuple d'Afrique) > Rites et ceremonies.
Gelede (Yoruba rite) > Nigeria > Otta.
Egúngún (Cult) > Nigeria > Otta.
Masquerades > Nigeria > Otta > History.
Masks, Yoruba > Nigeria > Otta > History.
Yoruba (African people) > Nigeria > Otta > History.
Nigeria > Otta.
Otta (Nigeria) > History.
History.
Electronic books.
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